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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1956
Page
10
The Boston Lighthouse on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor was lit on September 14 1716. A penny per ton tax was collected on all vessels except coasters moving in or out of Boston Harbor to fund the light.
Stephens City firemen answered a call about 4 45 p m Saturday to Route 11 in the center of town where a 1956 Ford owned by John Sandy was reported on fire. The battery apparently ignited, destroying the battery and blistering the hood paint. Damage estimated at about 75 dollars.
A funeral service for Hugh Ray mond Grim who died Saturday at his home on National Ave was held yesterday afternoon at the Jones Funeral Home. Dr Carl W eiser pastor of the First E.U B Church officiated. Burial was in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Herschel G Lineburg Arthur W Shull Denver P Spring Eston P Bean G Frank and Robert J McNally r.
Grasshoppers and boll weevils continue to hit many farms across the Middle West and Great Plains. North Dakota, Colorado, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri report severe grasshopper damage. boll weevil activity rises in North Carolina cotton and in South Carolina, Arkansas and Texas. Other pests threaten potatoes in Delaware and Maryland, yellow striped armyworms in California and Oregon, alfalfa pests in Nevada Utah Kansas Idaho Arizona Wisconsin and Mediterranean fruit flies in Florida counties Pasco and Orange.
President Eisenhower grants Harold E. Stassen a 30 day leave to pursue efforts to replace Nixon with Gov. Christian A. Herter as No. 2 on the GOP ticket. Stassen will remain disarmament aide but may shift duties during the period. Republicans debate implications for the convention in San Francisco.
New York report says nine members of the House Merchant Marine Committee will inspect the Stockholm in Brooklyn as part of a safety at sea probe after the Andrea Doria collision near Nantucket causing multiple deaths and dozens missing.
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